Specter: In any testimony, everybody under oath - Then and Now

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Friday February 10, 2006 · 8:52 AM PST

2006/02/10 · 08:52

Just caught this in WaPo's oniine chat with Dana Milbank.

That Was Then April 5, 2005

" During my stewardship here, I'm going to put everybody under oath when we have testimony, as we do on confirmation hearings."
Judiciary Committee Chairman
Arlen Specter, April 5, 2005

This Is Now Feb. 6, 2006

"It is my judgment that it is unnecessary to swear the witness."
Specter, declining to put Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales under oath, Feb. 6, 2006

Is there any justice left out in this country? Did Specter grow senile and old between then and now?

LAPD: Governor rode motorcycle illegally

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Tuesday January 10, 2006 · 6:07 PM PST

2006/01/10 · 18:07

If he has any morals that he spoke in campaign, he should resign. If these illegal activites of Republicans are condoned, we are all doomed. Express your feelings, write letters to editors, post comments.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle illegally over the weekend when he collided with a car in his Brentwood neighborhood, the Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday.

AP ANALYSIS: Bush's view of Iraq doesn't square with reality

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Wednesday November 30, 2005 · 7:00 PM PST

2005/11/30 · 19:00

I have been wondering about this. When a 'failure' Republican President G.W. Bush speaks what will be his real time captive audience. At the venue, all TV channels and Radio shows and all other modes combined.

Compare that with captive audience who will be treated to the review and analysis that follows in the late afternoon and evening talk shows. Add to that the review and analysis of News Organizations. It is an accepted fact that this failed President has 67% of the country that has turned away from him. Whatever he speaks, two thirds of this country had already shut their ears and eyes. The only open their mouths to speak out. Remember, all this can be attributed to Bush himself. 'Bush Lied, Thousands Died'
It is going as I expected. I just happened to read an analysis and review by AP, now available here. http://www.msnbc.com

ANALYSIS
Updated: 8:10 p.m. ET Nov. 30, 2005
WASHINGTON - President Bush's depiction of Iraqi security forces as "helping to turn the tide" is difficult to square with persistent setbacks in handing control of the country back to its own people.

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Saturday November 05, 2005 · 7:25 PM PST

2005/11/05 · 19:25

I respect the Presidency and the President. But I will refer G.W. Bush, not as President but as Preznit.
There is no one good thing this Preznit. So much can be done by the President, but doesn't. I expect a weekly deliverance, he fails. Then I expect a monthly solutions to the problems facing this country, he doesn't do anything. I am relapsing to a yearly expectation. Please give me one thing solid and successful per year. Yet to see light on this. There is not one masterly stroke by this Preznit, that I can say is his trademark. I don't feel that I am being led by a leader. Do you feel the same? In times like these I would prefer being led by a blind man who has an ounce of wisdom. I don't want to say I am frustrated. No I am not. I am the master of my destiny, unlike the failed master of 'this' universe, my Preznit. So, I need to act.
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WP: Memos reveal that British officials feared the U.S. war in Iraq was ill-conceived and illegal.

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Tuesday June 28, 2005 · 8:38 AM PDT

2005/06/28 · 08:38

Glenn Frankel, Washington Post Foreign Service reports the WP online that:
"British Advisers Foresaw Variety of Risks, Problems". Looks like they are losing serious readers and wants to make up now.

In the spring of 2002, two weeks before British Prime Minister Tony Blair journeyed to Crawford, Tex., to meet with President Bush at his ranch about the escalating confrontation with Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw sounded a prescient warning.

"The rewards from your visit to Crawford will be few," Straw wrote in a March 25 memo to Blair stamped "Secret and Personal." "The risks are high, both for you and for the Government." Read More

Pew Poll: Kerry Gaining Among Swing Voters

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 4:59 PM PDT

2004/10/27 · 16:59

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press called back 519 voters who were either undecided in September or said they could still change their minds. That group tilted toward Bush in September and is now evenly split on Bush and Kerry.

The number of swing voters in that group either committed or leaning toward Kerry was 40 percent, up from 28 percent in September. The number either committed or leaning toward Bush was 38 percent, compared to 34 percent in September.

The 519 swing voters were called Sept. 8-26 and called back Oct. 21-25. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 5 percentage points, slightly larger for subgroups.

We are are on the road to victory, still we must all be active in all our efforts, particularly GOTV.

Beat Rethugs expectation game : 10/18 Zogby poll Kerry 45- Bush 45

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Monday October 18, 2004 · 5:25 AM PDT

2004/10/18 · 05:25

This is what I was expecting; there is an excellent post at TPM how rethugs were (see 1) and are pumping up the expectations game.

Despite of utter failures to present their record and future plans before the nation, despite of diversionary tactics not to focus on issues facing this nation in the past and present, they are one ace up in pumping this expectations game.
We all must act on this issue of expectations game and puncture their pumped up ego; otherwise we lose this election. See today's Zogby tracking poll (2) - Kerry 45 - Bush 45

The recent polls have good/ favorable points about KE2004. Let us keep them in mind and write to all those who quote the recent polls. Like Kerry's building momentum and leads in battle ground states. I wish the DNC is also aware f this, and hammers out on the TV.

I wish this will be an active discussion thread today with tips, plan of action etc. Recommend and make it stay on top.

Thanks

(1) TPM post:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_17.php#003700
(2) Today's Zogby's tracking poll:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20041018/pl_nm/campaign_p oll_sunday_dc

To vote on whether they should air the anti-Kerry "documentary"

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Tuesday October 12, 2004 · 8:35 AM PDT

2004/10/12 · 08:35

One of Sinclair's affiliates in Minneapolis is asking people to vote on whether they shoukld air the anti-Kerry "documentary."
http://www.kmwb23.com/minneapolis_mn

Other similar polls, here. We must express our opinions.
http://www.wsmh66.com/flint_mi/

http://www.wvtv18.com/milwaukee_wi/

http://www.wb64.net/cincinnati_oh/

Disappointing Job Numbers

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Friday October 08, 2004 · 5:52 AM PDT

2004/10/08 · 05:52

Only 96000 in Sep. Very disappointing. Mark Zandi of Economy.com says many unemployed are dispirited and had stopped looked for jobs. Hence, the real unemployment rate is around 7.0, not 5.4

In their commentary in CNBC, they say companies are not simply hiring, inspite of lot of cash on hand, good profits and balance sheets.

Looks like this administration does not know how to stimulate the economy; it just doles out 'more of the same' tax cuts. It simply is not working. This is the single most failure of President Bush; not to see ground realities of stagnant economy.

Live, 2.30 ET : Kerry Meets Press

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Thursday October 07, 2004 · 11:28 AM PDT

2004/10/07 · 11:28

Here is the link to watch this event on Internet.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/aplive.htm

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